The Washington Institute for Near East Policy http://www.washingtoninstitute.org en-us Copyright 2008 The Washington Institute for Near East Policy SRogers@washingtoninstitute.org Washington Institute RSS 2.0 Generator http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Slippery Polls: Uses and Abuses of Opinion Surveys from Arab States http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC04.php?CID=290 For better or worse, yesterday's "Arab street" has merged with today's information superhighway. One can hardly pick up a newspaper, turn on the television, or go online without coming across the latest poll numbers purporting to show what Middle Easterners are "really" thinking. David Pollock http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC04.php?CID=290 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 The Washington Institute for Near East Policy Provincial Politics in Iraq: Fragmentation or New Awakening? http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC04.php?CID=289 In post-Saddam Iraq, decentralization has been a central rhetorical theme in the reconstruction process. Michael Knights and Eamon McCarthy http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC04.php?CID=289 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 The Washington Institute for Near East Policy U.S. Foreign Policy and Israel's Qualitative Military Edge: The Need for a Common Vision http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC04.php?CID=288 The U.S. commitment to maintain Israel's qualitative military edge (QME) -- that is, the technological, tactical, and other advantages that allow it to deter numerically superior adversaries -- is a longstanding tradition that every president since Lyndon Johnson has reiterated. William Wunderle and Andre Briere http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC04.php?CID=288 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 The Washington Institute for Near East Policy Autumn of Decisions: A Critical Moment for American Engagement in the Middle East http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC04.php?CID=287 The 2007 Weinberg Founders Conference explored a number of critical issues, with an eye toward the overall direction of U. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC04.php?CID=287 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 The Washington Institute for Near East Policy Apocalyptic Politics: On the Rationality of Iranian Policy http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC04.php?CID=286 The Iranian regime has given the West ample cause for worry about its intentions and general mindset in recent years. Mehdi Khalaji http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC04.php?CID=286 Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 The Washington Institute for Near East Policy The Palestinians: Between State Failure and Civil War http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC04.php?CID=285 Despite functioning as a de facto state since its creation in 1994, the Palestinian Authority has long been crippled by "the four Fs": fawda (chaos), fitna (strife), falatan (lawlessness), and fassad (corruption). Michael Eisenstadt http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC04.php?CID=285 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 The Washington Institute for Near East Policy Speaking about the Unspeakable: U.S.-Israeli Dialogue on Iran's Nuclear Program http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC04.php?CID=284 Despite the longstanding and ever-evolving "special relationship" between the United States and Israel, the two allies do not appear to have engaged in substantive discussions on key facets of their most pressing mutual concern, the Iranian nuclear threat. Chuck Freilich http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC04.php?CID=284 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 The Washington Institute for Near East Policy Kuwait: Keystone of U.S. Gulf Policy http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC04.php?CID=283 In spring 2007, a Gulf diplomat visiting Washington was asked how states such as Kuwait seem to remain insulated from regional crises in Iraq, Iran, and elsewhere. David Pollock http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC04.php?CID=283 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 The Washington Institute for Near East Policy Pushback or Progress? Arab Regimes Respond to Democracy's Challenge http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC04.php?CID=282 Widespread Islamist gains -- from Hamas's ascension in Gaza to the Muslim Brotherhood's successes in Egypt -- seem to have muted the previously high-profile agenda of bringing democracy to Arab countries. Barry Rubin http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC04.php?CID=282 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0400 The Washington Institute for Near East Policy The Reemergence of Hizballah in Turkey http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC04.php?CID=281 With secularism, PKK terrorism, and other Turkish issues increasingly becoming international concerns, a dangerous Islamist trend has been overlooked: radical groups inspired more by the revolutionary ideology of Iran than domestic issues such as Kurdish nationalism are staking their own claim to power. Rusen Cakir http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC04.php?CID=281 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0400 The Washington Institute for Near East Policy